What lies ahead for small business owners and entrepreneurs? Many people I’ve talked to feel like they are living in a Dickens novel. It’s the best of times: “The economy is going strong, driven by consumer spending,” says Sharon Miller, managing director, head of small business for Bank of America. She says according to bank […]
If you don’t have a secure website, you’re surely driving away traffic from new visitors that you could turn into paying customers. Recent studies show that there’s a security attack online every 39 seconds. With such high frequency, you can’t afford to neglect your site’s security. For any business owner, their website is the hub
White House computer security Chief Dimitrios Vistakis gave the White House one helluva resignation notice earlier this week when he quit over practices he dubbed “absurd” including the systemic purging of cybersecurity staff. They say that history repeats itself. Unfortunately given all of the changes I’ve seen in the past three months, I foresee the
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Whether you’re just starting your new business, or your company has been up and running for a while, protecting the business you have worked so hard to build is essential. However, in the rush of launching a startup and the day-to-day challenges it entails, many entrepreneurs neglect this step. Here are seven things you can
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A Europe-wide survey of almost 600 successful businesses reveals that 61 percent of business leaders on the board of their company believe that in the war against cybercrime the hackers are more sophisticated than the software developers. The study carried out for global network RSM by the European Business Awards also finds that 60 percent
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Storing important documents, forms, and other files in a storage cabinet is a thing of the past. Now, businesses use online cloud services to store private business and customer information. However, using these services does come with its own security threats, such as being hacked. But, what exactly is cloud storage, and why should a
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The security operations center in many large companies looks much like NASA’s Mission Control Center — lots of consoles displaying reams of data and harried personnel swiveling between screens to analyze threats or manage incident response. Therefore, it’s only fitting that Splunk Inc.’s newly launched enhancement for the Security Operations Suite is called Mission Control.
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Google today launched Chrome 78 for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS. The release includes the CSS Properties and Values API, Native File System API, new Origin Trials, and dark mode improvements on Android and iOS. You can update to the latest version now using Chrome’s built-in updater or download it directly from google.com/chrome. With
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Czech cybersecurity firm Avast Software s.r.o., the owner of popular antivirus software provider AVG Technologies N.V., has been hacked, but the company managed to fight off the attack. Those behind the hack managed to gain access by compromising an employee’s virtual private network credentials that were not protected using two-factor authentication. Having gained access, the hacker managed
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Oracle’s October 2019 Critical Patch update contains 219 security patches across virtually all of Oracle’s product families. The company strongly recommends all customers apply the Critical Patch Update immediately, as many breaches are a direct result of not applying security updates when they become available. “Oracle continues to periodically receive reports of attempts to maliciously
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